Blood Salt Spring

Name: Blood Salt Spring
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SKU: 9781846976070
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The Debut Collection from Edinburgh's Makar

By Hannah Lavery

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Blood Salt Spring by Hannah Lavery is a poignant poetry collection exploring themes of nation, race, and belonging, crafted during the isolation of the 2020 lockdown. The book is structured in three parts, tracing a journey from inherited wounds and recent cultural traumas towards healing and hope, capturing the tension between personal voice and collective identity in a turbulent political landscape.
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This collection will resonate strongly with readers interested in contemporary poetry, social justice themes, and Scottish cultural identity, as well as those seeking reflective work rooted in recent historical and political contexts.

Blood Salt Springis a meditation on where we are exploring ideas of nation, race and belonging. Much of the collection tackles the isolation and traumas of 2020, but it also looks to find some meaning and makes an attempt to heal the pain and vulnerabilities that were picked and cut open again in the recent cultural shifts and political wars.

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From Hannah Lavery, soon to be appointed Edinburgh's new Makar.

In a moment that is demanding you to constantly choose your side, how do you find your humanity, your own voice, when you are being pushed to find safety in numbers?

Blood Salt Spring is a meditation on where we are, exploring ideas of nation, race, and belonging. Much of the collection was written in lockdown and speaks to that moment—the isolation and the traumas of 2020—but it also looks to find some meaning and makes an attempt to heal the pain and vulnerabilities that were picked and cut open again in the recent cultural shifts and political wars.

Organised into three sections, this book takes the reader on a journey from the old inherited wounds, the trauma of tearing open again these chasms within recent discourses and events, to a hopeful spring, where pain and trauma can be laid down and a new future can be imagined.

In this collection, the poet has sought to heal these salted wounds, and move out of winter and into spring—into hope.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

'A voice which speaks to and for the conflicted conscience of Scotland around issues of identity, race, justice and belonging with a power and authenticity like perhaps no other' – Malcolm Jack, The Scotsman

'Moves from poignant lyricism to Informationist-style interrogation of language' – Stuart Kelly

'Much of it written through lockdown, it has an interesting take on a world of isolation' – Scots Magazine

'A personal response to wider cultural conversations with vast terrain and unequivocal perspective' – Rachel Loughran, The National

'A terrific debut poetry collection' – BBC Radio Scotland, Afternoon Show

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781846976070

Publisher: Birlinn General

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 110g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Hannah Lavery Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Hannah Lavery is a published poet and award-winning playwright and performer, andsoon to be appointed Edinburgh's new Makar.Her poetry has been published by Gutter, the Scotsman and others. Her first pamphlet of short fiction, Rocket Girls, was published by Postbox Press (2018) and her poetry pamphlet, Finding Seaglass: Poems from The Drift was published by Stewed Rhubarb Press (2019). She has also been a featured poet at many spoken word and poetry nights including Neu! Reekie!,Sonnet Youth, Rally and Broad, Flint and Pitch and Loud Poets, and festivals including, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Stanza, Solas, Kelburn Garden Party, and Electric Fields.